Character Quote by Charles Babbage

He who doesn't know how to be a servant should never be allowed to be a master; the interests of public life are alien…

— Anton Chekhov

I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way he doesn't have to be an elected public…

— Warren Beatty

A professional politician is a professionally dishonorable man. In order to get anywhere near high office he has to make so many compromises and…

— H. L. Mencken

“...it is all wrong that a person who is going to be deemed worthy of the office should himself solicit it... for no one…

— Aristotle

In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect…

— Walter Lippmann

To me, a public servant should have both the grounding and the compassion to carry the common sense and good will of his or…

— Amy Klobuchar

It is true that the politician, in his professional character, does not always, or even very often, conform to the most approved pattern of…

— Frederick Scott Oliver

Politicians tend to live "in character" and many a public figure has come to imitate the journalism that describes him.

— Walter Lippmann

Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.

— Herbert Hoover

Whether a man is a criminal or a public servant is purely a matter of perspective.

— Tom Robbins

I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them…

— Thomas Jefferson

As a public figure, you deserve to be treated fairly.

— Matt Harvey